familyPlantaginaceae
genusPenstemon
subgenusPenstemon subg. Penstemon
sectionPenstemon sect. Penstemon
speciesPenstemon heterodoxus
Penstemon heterodoxus var. heterodoxus
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 207.
Stems 5–25 cm. Leaves: basal and proximal cauline 5–50 × 3–10 mm. Thyrses: axis moderately to densely glandular-pubescent, verticillasters 1(–3). 2n = 16.
Phenology: Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Montane and alpine slopes, montane meadows, talus slopes.
Elevation: 2000–3900 m.
Discussion
Variety heterodoxus is known from the Klamath Range, Sierra Nevada, and Inyo and White mountains in east-central California and west-central Nevada. Populations are partly geographically sympatric with those of var. shastensis, which occurs to the north, and with those of var. cephalophorus, which occurs to the south.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.